2020, uh, 21, uh, who knows Tokyo Olympics thread

That last 100 by McLaughlin was bananas. Muhammad ran a great race, and still got worked.

That rivalry has been one of the best in sports the last few years.

 

Top sprinter gets suspended for smoking weed
Athlete blasted for protest on the medal stand
Welcome back to the 60s

 

It’s total bullshit to ban someone for weed. There’s zero empirical evidence it’s a performance enhancer. It’s noncriminal for nearly half the population. Olympics, like the NCAA, is just a TV show and a money maker for so many. When ‘journalists’ are in partnership with their story, it’s public relations, not journalism.
The token protests are predictable and weak. Want to make a real statement? Get on the US team. Go to the games. Refuse to participate in protest.

 

My new favorite athlete

An Abortion, a Missed Drug Test and Altered Records Add Up to Trouble

 

She’s an idiot. Maybe it’s a dumb rule (that’s a separate issue) but she knew damn well it was the rule and she knew she’d be tested if she made the team. Can you not do without for a couple months?

 

From the USADA website:

For something to be added to the WADA Prohibited List, it must meet two of the three inclusion criteria: a) it poses a health risk to athletes b) it has the potential to enhance performance and c) it violates the spirit of sport.

In 2011, WADA published a paper in Sports Medicine discussing the reasons marijuana and cannabinoids meet the criteria. Below are excerpts from this publication that address the three criteria:

1. “Athletes who smoke cannabis or Spice in-competition potentially endanger themselves and others because of increased risk taking, slower reaction times and poor executive function or decision making.”
2. “Based on current animal and human studies as well as on interviews with athletes and information from the field, cannabis can be performance enhancing for some athletes and sports disciplines.”
3. “Use of illicit drugs that are harmful to health and that may have performance-enhancing properties is not consistent with the athlete as a role model for young people around the world”.

In 2019, WADA exempted cannabidiol (CBD) from this category. However, all other cannabinoids, whether natural or synthetic, are prohibited in-competition. Even though CBD is permitted at all times, this article explains the legal and anti-doping issues that continue to make these products risky for athletes.

Unfortunately, it appears that WADA is still banning this on mostly "moral panic" grounds. That said, this article details that you have to smoke (or otherwise consume) a lot of pot to get popped for it on a WADA test. And the suspension is only a month long. It just happens to be a really bad month.

 

Here's the reefer to the story.

 

And the IOC voted on this between bouts of ladyboi fucking in Thai whorehouses, paid for by: every National Olympic Committee.

 

Hey, man, this joint smells like dog shit.

 

Back to competition.

Last night, Norway's Karsten Warholm broke Kevin Young's nearly 30-year-old world record by blasting through the 400 hurdles in 46.70.

Warholm vs. Rai Benjamin is going to be epic.